Donald Trump actually said...

"The reciprocal tariffs are still only half the rates charged by those nations on U.S. products, characterizing his new levies as 'kind.'"

"This is going to lead to the construction of a lot of plants, in this case auto plants."

"We're standing up for the American worker, and we are finally putting America first."

"I think it’s going very well. It was an operation like when a patient gets operated on."